Author's note! Howdy! So I'm not very proud of this story at all. But Princess Pop has asked me to write a Fanfiction with her character in and I feel like I have to oblige.

Disclaimer! I own Cindy Pop's parents, Tristan and Uncle Sebastian. Cindy Pop is owned by Princess Pop, Aunt Daisy (who is quite obviously Princess Daisy) is owned by Nintendo.

It's been three weeks since my dad died. My mum died of cancer when I was four. It was terrible. I never really got to know what she was like; I have a very bad memory. I lived with my dad from then on; he was the King of the Cloud Kingdom. He was a great King, he was kind, caring and gentle but also fun and he was really good at playing the violin. I also have that talent.

My name is Cindy Pop, I'm 15 years old and I'm the heir to the Cloud Kingdom throne. But regardless, you're probably wondering what happened to my dad; well I'll have to tell it quickly, it still hurts.

Dad died in a car crash. It seems like a ridiculous death for such a majestic king, but that's how it happened. He was on a state visit. That's when the King of one country goes to another country to see their King and basically make sure they're not going to start a war or something like that. I didn't know where he was going, I wasn't allowed to come. I wheedled and whined for all I was worth but Dad stayed firm so I had to stay at home. That was the last I saw of my dad. An hour or two later, I was playing violin in my room when Dad's second in command, Tristan walked in.

"Do you mind?" I snapped. "I'm in the middle of practicing!"

Tristan said nothing. He looked very white in the face, very nervous, very sad.

I frowned. "Tristan?" I said. "Are you OK?"

Tristan took a deep breath, looked me in the eye and said: "Princess Cindy, I'm afraid I have some bad news. You're father is dead."

Things were never quite the same after that. I was alone, desolate, forlorn, empty.

But that's not what this story is about! It's about what happened afterwards. My Uncle Sebastian became King after that. I hated Uncle Sebastian, he was horrible and mean and cruel. He was extremely selfish; he didn't care about anyone but himself. He treated Tristan and the other servants horribly. I had nowhere to go so I went to live with him. That didn't last very long. Uncle Sebastian hated children. When he wasn't shouting at me or slapping me, he was ignoring me, neglecting me. After three weeks, I got whisked out of there and there was an epic search for any family member I had that I could go and live with. It wasn't long before they found out about my aunt Daisy. Daisy was the princess Sarasaland and I'd never met her before. That's what this story is about, what happened when I went to Sarasaland to live with Aunt Daisy and the crazy circumstances that followed.

I only just realised that there are no Mario characters in this chapter! Sorry about that, there will be some in the next chapter I promise.